Ximao quickly continued. "Yes, that's what I thought too. We can't use the same rules on them."
"Of course we can't," Caladara agreed. "In this kind of case, we must kill them straight away. No need for observations. No need for anything. Why haven't you eliminated them instead?"
"Because someone is obviously protecting them," Ximao said. "Without the Judgemental Eye, we wouldn't even have noticed this. This kind of cover, the energies of beings from outside the empire. Only someone like you, Senior Caladara, could hide it. I... I wanted to use them to perhaps find my way up."
"So that's how it is!" Caladara finally understood Ximao's motives. "Do you think it is that easy? Let's say the one who hid their traits is indeed someone at my level. Do you think he could bring you up? I might as well tell you this, I definitely can't."
But then, Caladara thought of something. "Hehe! However, this is also a good thing in its own right."
